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According to reports from ISNA there were another three man hanged in the prison of the city of Yazd.
The men, Alireza, Hassan and Mohammad Hassan, were convicted of drugstrafficking.
This brings the total at 22 people having been executed in Iran in the past 2 days.

The daily Iran writes that one of the yesterday in the prison of Tehran executed men was probably a minor when he was convicted for murder four years ago.
Molla Gol Hassan (21) was sentenced to death for the murder of Fakhreddin in December 2004, this means he was 17 years old at that time.



Border police commander, Ebrahim Karimi, said Wednesday that security clampdowns along the country's border has claimed the lives of 120 rebels and 19 police members.
New security measures. as well on the eastern as on the western border are taken.
On the border with Pakistan is the Jundullahgroup active, in the Kurdistan area are regularly clashes with PJAK and there are also PMOI-members who oppose the government.


The Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi said Wednesday that the new TV channel of BBC Persian Language service is illegal operating in Iran.
He said that the BBC Persian activities were not "directed toward good intentions".
January 14th, the transmissions for Persian-speakers in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan were launched.
In December several BBC-reporters were arrested in Iran over espionage charges.
The reporters came under suspicion when they used different names to reserve rooms at their hotel accommodation.


A day after the natural gasflow from Iran to Turkey was halted due to maintenance, Iran resumed the gasflow.
Tuesday Iran temporarily shut down one of the pipelines due to technical problems.
Both countries' state gas companies confirmed that Turkey had been informed of the halt.

In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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